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The EULAR Member Campaign for
Health Professional Associations in Europe
1/06/2013

The EULAR Member
Campaign for
Health Professional
Associations in Europe
EULAR seeks more national health
professionals (HP) organisations to
become member of EULAR and participate
in the work of the EULAR Standing
Committee of Health Professionals in
Rheumatology.
All interdisciplinary health professional
organisations specialised in the
care and treatment of rheumatic and
musculoskeletal diseases in European
countries are welcome to join in.
EULAR health professional member
associations:
• Associazione Italiana Operatori Reumatologici
Professionali - AIORP
• British Health Professionals in Rheumatology (BHPR)
• Bulgarian Association of Health Professionals in
Rheumatology
• Czech Association of Health Professionals in
Rheumatology
• Danish Interdisciplinary Forum (DIRF)
• health professionals in rheumatology Switzerland
(hpr)
• Netherlands Health Professionals in Rheumatology
(NHPR)
• Norwegian Interdisciplinary Organisation in
Rheumatology (NIOR)
• Serbian Association of Health Professionals in
Rheumatology (SAHPR)
• Swedish Rheumatology Forum (SveReFo)
These HP associations wait for the
ratification of the EULAR General
Assembly in Madrid:
• Irish Rheumatology Health Professionals Society
• The MSD-professionals of Finland, SUOMEN
TULESAMMATTILAISET R.Y.
• Belgian Health Professionals in Rheumatology
• Österreichische Gesellschaft für rheumatologische
Gesundheitsberufe (ÖGRG) - Austria
• cosmosrheuma+ - Cyprus
• OPENREUMA - Spain
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National HP member organisations of EULAR
National HP organisations soon-to-be members of EULAR
Guest representatives preparing for membership
Each member organisation can delegate
a representative to work on the EULAR
Standing Committee of Health Professionals
in Rheumatology. In addition, the committee
also includes interested professionals from
other European countries who are planning
to establish a national HP organisation
that could subsequently apply for EULAR
membership. Do not hesitate to ask for
further information on this process.

Delegates from EULAR member organisations in the
Committee of HPs in Rheumatology
EULAR Standing Committee of Health
Professionals in Rheumatology
endorses inter-/multidisciplinary
collaboration in the treatment of
rheumatic and musculoskeletal
diseases in Europe. The Committee
was established in 1989 as a
European platform for cooperation
and shared information among
the different health professionals
working with rheumatology. The
Committee encourages health
professional research in rheumatic
and musculoskeletal diseases and
works also to improve the patient’s
role as the key expert of his/her own
treatment.
National HP
associations
Scientifi c
associations
EULAR
Family
Associations
for people
with RMD
The EULAR Standing Committee of Health Professionals in Rheumatology had a very productive meeting in ROME.
New national HP societies
will join EULAR soon.
As a EULAR member organisation you can:
• interact with colleagues on European and international levels
• retrieve first-hand information on the latest recommendations in the
treatment of RMD
• contribute to the HP research
• organise and participate in HP courses
• promote your national HP association’s work at the yearly EULAR
congresses
• have an easy-access to the information on EULAR’s HP facilities such as
educational visits and research grants
• and most of all: be part of a European health professional network with
direct connections to other national HP organisations’
WELCOME!

Five steps
to get involved
for a national
HP activist:
a national interdisciplinary health
professional organisation already
1.If
exists in your country, please find out
first whether this organisation has a guest
representative in the Standing Committee of HPs.
If so, please contact this person regarding your
involvement in EULAR.
2.
In case there is no organisation
representing health professionals
in your country, you can establish a
national organisation first. Bear in mind that this
organisation’s bylaws should be in accordance
with the EULAR bylaws. You can obtain the
bylaws from the EULAR Executive Secretariat,
contact: eular@eular.org.
Importantly, this national organisation
should represent different health professional
groups (such as nurses, occupational therapists,
physiotherapists, podiatrists, nutritionists, social
workers, psychologists, and others) and should
have a clear multi-/interdisciplinary perspective.
All the professional groups mentioned above do
not have to be represented in the organisation,
but an open attitude towards all health
professionals in the organisation is required.
in the application form which you can
also obtain from the Secretariat together
3.Fill
with a letter stating that your organisation
wants to join EULAR as a health professional
organisation representing your country. Submit
this application form to the EULAR Secretariat.
The General Assembly meeting, held once a year
before the annual EULAR Congress, will put your
application and acceptance within EULAR to the
vote.
your organisation is a formal
member, the person representing this
4.When
organisation will also have a right to vote
in the General Assembly.
president of the national organisation
will usually represent the organisation
5.The
as delegate in the EULAR Standing
Committee of HPs.
In the process of establishing a national
organisation and even before this, the Committee
welcomes any health professionals interested
in founding a national organisation to become
a guest representative in the EULAR Standing
Committee of HPs. As a guest representative you
are then welcome to participate in the meetings
of the Committee and in other activities within
EULAR. In this case, please contact the Chairperson
of the Committee, Sue Oliver: sue@susanoliver.
com
More information available at:
www.eular.org/st_com_health_professionals.cfm